diff --git a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
index b38da2eda8c64ae112e57dc946e9329ad4c4c6e8..f9551c9edb5796d402bae95fff32c903e0d36f45 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ JMXStartRemoteDCmd::JMXStartRemoteDCmd(outputStream *output, bool heap_allocated
   ("config.file",
    "set com.sun.management.config.file", "STRING", false),
 
+  _jmxremote_host
+  ("jmxremote.host",
+   "set com.sun.management.jmxremote.host", "STRING", false),
+
   _jmxremote_port
   ("jmxremote.port",
    "set com.sun.management.jmxremote.port", "STRING", false),
@@ -516,6 +520,7 @@ JMXStartRemoteDCmd::JMXStartRemoteDCmd(outputStream *output, bool heap_allocated
 
   {
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_config_file);
+    _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jmxremote_host);
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jmxremote_port);
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jmxremote_rmi_port);
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jmxremote_ssl);
@@ -586,6 +591,7 @@ void JMXStartRemoteDCmd::execute(DCmdSource source, TRAPS) {
     }
 
     PUT_OPTION(_config_file);
+    PUT_OPTION(_jmxremote_host);
     PUT_OPTION(_jmxremote_port);
     PUT_OPTION(_jmxremote_rmi_port);
     PUT_OPTION(_jmxremote_ssl);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
index 2ce4109986c03d67807ded93a2348411547ed732..3fda3420547a57e25e6a36cf369b9abcbe8750d6 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ class JMXStartRemoteDCmd : public DCmdWithParser {
   // com.sun.management is omitted
 
   DCmdArgument<char *> _config_file;
+  DCmdArgument<char *> _jmxremote_host;
   DCmdArgument<char *> _jmxremote_port;
   DCmdArgument<char *> _jmxremote_rmi_port;
   DCmdArgument<char *> _jmxremote_ssl;